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Historical Event on 6/2/1955

A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
8/3/1886Maithili Sharan Gupta, first man of modern Hindi poetry and literature, writer, patriot and social worker, was born at Chirgaon village near Jhansi.
4/30/1977Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.
3/21/1997Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts.
12/16/1992The Parliament adopts resolution condemning the demolition of the mosque at Ayodhya and centre appoints a one-man judicial commission to enquire into the Ayodhya incidents.
7/1/1982MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
5/17/1949India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
12/12/1901Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December.